WOLVERINE director search down to 8

Since Darren Aronofsky departed the comic book sequel earlier this year, 20th Century Fox's The Wolverine has been without a director. Now, Variety claims to know the studio short list for directing candidates. The current options are said to be:

"We need to find another director and once we've found that, we'll be able to know," Jackman said, "It's too early to call on Japan, I'm not sure where they're at, so now we're finding another director, but Fox is very anxious to make the movie and we're moving ahead full steam to find another director."

Of course, by the time they finish sifting through all the others, Arronofsky might be available again.

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Maybe if we get lucky.

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It's like when they were casting James Bond for The Living Daylights. They originally wanted Timothy Dalton but he was busy doing Brenda Starr, so they cast Pierce Brosnan. Then NBC suddenly announced that they were doing another season of Remington Steele, yanking Brosnan away at the last minute. By the time the production team got their bearings again, Dalton had finished Brenda Starr and was once again available.

Apparently Gary Shore already directed a short film entitled Wolverine vs. the Hand. It looks like he might have been interested in doing something like this for a while, but I think FOX will want someone with more experience with big budget movies after the failure with Gavin Hood and X-men Orgins: Wolverine.

Apparently Gary Shore already directed a short film entitled Wolverine vs. the Hand. It looks like he might have been interested in doing something like this for a while, but I think FOX will want someone with more experience with big budget movies after the failure with Gavin Hood and X-men Orgins: Wolverine.

Can't say I particularly care for this list. Lin is fine for big dumb action movies but I was hoping for something more from this. Liman hasn't done much of note since Bourne, a decade ago. Fuqua is a hack, albeit a competent one. Mangold isn't bad and I liked Romanek's One Hour Photo. I don't really know much about the rest.

Apparently Gary Shore already directed a short film entitled Wolverine vs. the Hand. It looks like he might have been interested in doing something like this for a while, but I think FOX will want someone with more experience with big budget movies after the failure with Gavin Hood and X-men Orgins: Wolverine.

If this guy is being considered because of that...Fox seriously needs to look at how hated Rothman is, because that's who they have to settle for because no one else of merit is willing to be under his shitheel?